2023 Lake Institute on Faith & Giving Distinguished Visitor, Simran Jeet Singh, is recognized thought leader on bias, empathy and justice.

In this interview with Dr. William Enright, Founding Director of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, David P. King, PhD explores the backgrounds of Tom and Marjorie Lake, Bill Enright's ministerial career, and the start of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Reflections on the many gifts and giving traditions of the Black Church and its historic legacy in the freedom movement by Tyrone McKinley Freeman, PhD.

Read the report from the 2023 Symposium on Philanthropy and the Black Church. This special event, co-hosted by the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, brought together 70 key leaders in philanthropy and faith to start a conversation about the “necessary collaborative” between philanthropy and Black religious institutions.

We are grateful that so many of our partners curated extensive lists of resources for religious organizations and congregations during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

In this article for Faith + Lead at Luther seminary, Meredith McNabb suggests that when it comes to healthy boundaries and access to financial information in congregations, graduated levels of boundaries are far better than a wall of silence.

Almost all U.S. congregations ceased in-person religious services in mid-March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet for the vast majority of these faith communities, their work and religious services continued online in the midst of significant uncertainty. How have congregations responded in these unprecedented times?

This webinar explores the spiritual practices that support a vocation in development, advancing the mission of your organization.

Let’s Talk About Resources is a free tool designed to help religious leaders and congregations explore how they can use to their resources in service to their local community.